different between lubberly vs gawky

English

Etymology

lubber +? -ly

Adjective

lubberly (comparative more lubberly, superlative most lubberly)

1. Clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person).
   • 1693, Thomas Urquhart, translation of Gargantua by Rabelais, Chapter XX:

     Ponocrates and Eudemon burst out in a laughing so heartily, that they had almost split with it, and given up the ghost, in rendering their souls to God: even just as Crassus did, seeing a lubberly ass eat thistles;

2. Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor.
   • 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, "Captain Spike, Or The Islets of the Gulf", in Bentley's Miscellany [1], page 19:

     "Do not use such a lubberly expression, my dear Rose, if you respect your father's profession. On a vessel is a new-fangled Americanism, that is neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring, as we sailors say,— neither English nor Greek."

Translations

Adverb

lubberly (comparative more lubberly, superlative most lubberly)

1. In the manner of a landlubber.
   • 1839, Matthew Henry Barker, Hamilton King [2], page 105:

     I'm not ignorant of these matters, having been many years at sea—and seamen, you must know, are curious in knots; I cannot endure to see anything done lubberly.

English

Etymology

gawk +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????ki/

  Rhymes: -??ki

Adjective

gawky (comparative gawkier, superlative gawkiest)

1. Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
   • 2009, Appalachian Children's Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, McFarland (?ISBN), page 77:

     The “gawky” illustrations look as though they may have been done by Belva Jean herself (Bulletin, Mar. 1989).

   • 2020, Ann H. Gabhart, An Appalachian Summer, Revell (?ISBN)

     The woman had barely come up to Seth's shoulder. Petite with curly blonde hair and a dimpled smile. Nothing at all like Francine with her plain brown hair and hazel eyes. Just looking at the woman's picture had made her feel tall and gawky.

2. (Yorkshire, West Riding) left-handed

Synonyms

• gauche, ungraceful

Translations

Noun

gawky (plural gawkies)

1. An awkward, ungainly person.
   • 1870, Punch, volume 58, page 198:

     Let not the inconveniently tall, the gawkies, the Maypoles, despair.